Shane, I *did not* say I endorsed the lower rates and I agree with your comment on the value of our skills. I was merely trying to point out that sometimes 100% of $40K is better than 100% of $0. You focused on my rocking chair example, fine. But reality sometimes dictates that other, less desirable choices have to be made.
Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 8:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: z/OS Systems Programmer Jobs in Dubuque Iowa On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 07:47:41 -0400 "Richards, Robert B." wrote: > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > How many of you would settle for $40,000 in this economy if you were > already semi-retired, willing to move to a low cost of living area > and bored to death with that semi-retirement? Or were already out of > work and have exhausted your unemployment benefits? > > Granted, I will be the first to say that a $40,000/yr salary *is not* > appropriate for a younger man or woman with kids still in the nest. > But let's be real, this can be just fine for some people under > certain circumstances. > > In the past, salaries this low were just another ploy to validate H1B > visa positions. But seeing that Eric posted the requirement, I'll > take Eric's request as bona fide. Nope - all wrong, Bob, just *wrong*. We spend a lifetime developing skills that are valuable. We (as a community, not just individuals) need to be fairly compensated for same. Skewing (or screwing) the market because one becomes sick of rocking back and forth on the veranda ain't in anyones interests. Everyone winds up losing to the rapacious bastards intent on driving rates down. I know Eric is straight up and down - he was (as always) doing what he thought was right. Everything after his initial post might have been better not said. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
